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Frighten Yourself Silly Visiting Popular Halloween Monsters
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On October 31 1831, the first "popular" edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein , a novel written by the 19-year old British author, was published...
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Werewolves have been attributed traits distinct to original folklore, most notably the vulnerability to silver
bullets...
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Ideas about - and belief - in Vampires has existed for millennia; cultures
such as the Mesopotamians, Hebrews, Ancient Greeks, and Romans had tales of
demons and spirits...
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In early modern Europe, witchcraft came to be seen as a vast diabolical conspiracy against
Christianity, and accusations of witchcraft led to large-scale witch-hunts...
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The gargoyle'se grotesque form was said to scare off evil spirits so they were used
for protection, and as rain flowed through their lips - gargoylese are said to have the ability to speak...
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A mummy is a corpse whose skin and flesh have been preserved for return from the dead when the body is resurrected in the after-life - very popular with horror fans and as a Halloween costume...
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There are 206 bones in the adult human skeleton, and just about as many ways to scare people when dressed as this spooky character on Halloween...
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Boo! The classic cry of ghosts racing through the Halloween Night as they descend upon unsuspecting people to frighten...
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Some people find clowns disturbing rather than amusing. It is not uncommon for
children to be afraid of disguised, exaggerated, or costumed figures — even
Santa Claus...
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Death is, either as a metaphor, a personification of an
actual being - recognized, revered, and feared in cultures around the world...
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